Mourners told not to 'set off' to visit Queen Elizabeth as queue set to close permanently
msn.comMourners who have not already joined the queue to visit Queen Elizabeth have been told not to "set off. " The late monarch - who died on September 8 at the age of 96 following a 70-year reign - is currently lying-in-state at Westminster Hall in London before her funeral on Monday (19.
09. 22) and mourners wishing to pay their respects are currently facing a wait time of at least nine and a half hours, but the DCMS has warned against joining now as the queue is set to close permanently.
In a tweet, the Department for Culture, Media and Sport said: " HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN'S LYING-IN-STATE QUEUE UPDATE, 5:00PM, 18 Sep "Queuing time is at least 9.
5 hours Queue end is in Southwark Park" Prior to the tweet sent out on Sunday (18. 09. 22) afternoon, members of the public wishing to pay their respects to the monarch had initially been warned that they needed to be in the queue by 12:30am on Monday (19.
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